Normally, a coke battery comprises a large number of ovens, typically a set from 60 to 90 per battery, grouped in ‘sections’ of 15 to 20.
The different ovens are disposed side by side and charged and discharged on a cyclical regular basis, in a continuous way, being the gaseous products (sub-products) taken off in a controlled manner to a gas handling plant.
In 2006, Ingeteam’s subsidiary, in Brazil, obtained the turnkey order of the electrical equipment, automation and instrumentation for the "El Sol" Coke Plant, in Tubarao-Brazil, now part of the ArcelorMittal Brazil Group.
This Coke Plant, with a total tonnage per year of 1.6 Mt/y, is composed by four different batteries, 80 ovens each, totalizing 320 ovens.